Swim Against the Current

 There are times in life when you feel lost, maybe swimming agains the current can save you. It is okay to follow your own flow, instead of just going with the flow. What words for someone else may not work for you. In life your personality is what makes you who you are. Make sure to be true to the person inside. When we follow the path of least resistance with our peers, we make actually feel the resistance inside our own heart and mind. This can create an anxiety and stress in your personal or professional life.

If you are in a career where you are offered the support of a coach, know that they are there to support you in your position, not to change you but to help you make yourself a better you. Reach out and ask for help in areas that you feel are not what you want them to be. I know that as a team your coach can help you to find your path. 

As a coach I can give insight, advice, and support. I will research and seek information and strategies based on the needs of the person I am working with. The idea is not to turn them into me but rather to help them find the best them and I am there to help them realize their full potential. 

Take the Time to Stop and Feel

 I read a quote by Bob Marley, it states that “Done people feel the rain, others just get wet.” This made me stop and think, which is what I am requesting you do for yourself. Don’t just stop to think, but stop to feel. Notice the small things, breathe in deep, feel the air, wind, ran, hear the trees, people, and even the cars if they’re near, but mostly listen to your own heart, your mind, and your feelings. Take a moment to just be, meditate, and relax. I wish you well. 

It is such a valuable thing to know the importance of self understanding and acceptance. Sometimes this takes a long time, so if you have not yet begun the journey...start today! Learn who YOU really are, what you love and need. Do not take anyone except you into this equation. This part can be most difficult, some of us follow a miss is try, pastor, educator, spouse, family member, or friend while others take our children into account at ever pass. This lesson is solely for you. Don’t take anyone into account for this activity. Learn who you are if you were all alone and rejoice in the knowledge. You can always bring those others along for the ride later 💚

Team Work IS Really Dream Work

 As a coach we must remember that learning will come when the team does the work together. If one person is working while the other watch, there is no new learning taking place. Even though we love to have things modeled, that does not always engrain what we need to know. So, if at all you can avoid modeling and move straight into teamwork, go that route. This way all those involved take something valuable away from the work and move forward feeling more successful. 

That old saying about teamwork making a dream work, is quite what I am trying to express. When you work as a team, you can see style and create a comfortable learning/coaching environment. 

Support those in need

Supporting others through coaching can be fun and scary. The idea is to let others know their strengths and to help them build on that. However, when it comes to your own mental health is it okay to stand up for the minority. Sometimes it is difficult to stand up for what it right, it is actually very hard but it is necessary. If you know what needs to be done to support, I believe you make sure you are right and then move forward. 

Give a little bit...

Be the best you can be, always smile and find the light in the darkness. It is there! I have made it a goal of my own to find the positive in my crazy days. So, please know the importance of this. I was speaking to a student today who was very sad. He was feeling down, he said he was dumb and I wanted to explain that we all learn something new ever day. He will not understand that lesson so I just let him talk. Sometimes, in a crazy situation the positive is to be there for someone and take something away from the experience. I wish the best to you. Give a little bit of the joy you find to others, remind them to look for the light!

Take your time...

Sometimes we disagree with others at work, as we all know this most likely happens on a daily basis. We can not always agree, we are different people with different lives, beliefs, personalities, and so on. The question is, how do you keep the peace when you are having a hard time with what is happening? I believe that question goes back to how you handle it. I have learned that sometimes it is best to listen for understanding. Do not listen and respond right away, and do not listen to respond. Take it in and think it over. Just like a consequence that may be posed, take the time to let it settle. Sometimes our split reactions create more problems than what they are worth. 

In my profession, we are able to use our best judgement, ethical decisions are always best but also timely decisions. Do not ever make a rash decision, know that even a decision that takes time, if handled properly, is the best decisions.

Also, it might benefit everyone in my profession to have somewhere to go to get things off your chest, such as a counselor or friend. Just remember ethics, there are many things that can be said to get things off your chest, but there are also many things you cannot say, be careful. Make decisions just a little bit slower than you would normally, see if slowing down does not help you find peace of mind at work, or even at home. 

Where do I stand??

I have peace in my life and that peace is present at home, at work, and in the community because of the lord. I have peace at my job, though I do not always agree with the way things are, but I ask for patience and peace and I find it. I have learned to find the positive in every situation. I still get down, I am human. I still get stressed and makes mistakes, but when I look for guidance I have faith and am able to see what I need to do.  

I wish you joy at your job, if there is not some type of joy, may I suggest finding your faith, no matter what it is or where it leads, because mine has saved me. I am not one to push my beliefs on others so I wish for you to find what you need to smile even in the face of adversity. 

I guess I need to take this post a step further...If you don't know where I stand, now is time to tell you. I stand with the lord. He is my savior and I have faith in his word. I believe in him like I believe the sun will come out tomorrow. My entire life I was able to see the sun rise and set, so I believed it would. I believe that the lord will be there for me because I have seen that, too.

I will never forget what he gave for humankind, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."  John 3:16.

Keep on Going, you can always get better

Do the best you can until you know better; 

Then, when you know better, do better! 

Maya Angelo

I take this as it is given, continue to learn, make an effort, and grow every day. Do not ever finish something and think you have it all and you are done. Learning is constant and you are or should never be done! You can always do better. 

Make a Change and have a little fun

So to offer insight really means that I help fill another persons urge to do something, to feel something, and maybe it just out of the norm or just plain creative. So with all the drama in the world today, I want to inspire you in a new way. I always suggest you do something. Today, I want to suggest you do something you want to do but have yet to try. Maybe its new or scary, but it needs to be done, cross something off your bucket list. 

Yes, I posted some tough activities in the past, that really make you dig deep and think harder, but this one should be fun! Don't think about it, just do it!! 

If you love to make and create, but don't really like to work out, maybe try Yoga. I hear chair yoga is super relaxing and fun for those that are nervous. Don't forget that there are weight-lifting, kickboxing, and even water aerobics classes. Do something completely different that you always wanted to try. 

If you are musical try something crafty and hands on like a different fine art, such as painting or building. If you are crafty but not musical, try an instrument. If you want to but never do, get out for a walk and enjoy the sights and sounds. Make it a must do.

Then write in and tell us about it! We would love to hear it, maybe even try it out. 

Do your research, make your own choice

 

With thousands of individuals feeling pushed, persuaded, and even bullied into vaccinating themselves with the COVID Vax, while others are content to get it done quickly or already have, I want to guide you into the most important actions you will ever take (in any situation). Do not feel bullied, do what you need to do for yourself, do it on your own timeline, but most of all, RESEARCH. Yes, study and learn at your pace. It is always important to learn all you can. Do not believe all you hear, half of what you see, and never give in before you feel comfortable. I am not going political; I am thinking of your health. This my friends, should never be political. 

I may be told by my employer to vaccinate myself to keep my job, and this may come soon because of the presidents orders. Well, it is not that I do not believe in vaccines, I have had them as a child, and though I do not get the Flu vaccine I do believe that some vaccines are valuable but some may not be...so, I decided to do my own research. Reading everything I could find, from the most reputable websites to the least, because as I said before, you cannot believe everything you read or see, but with this research I can make a more responsible and educated decision. 

Visit the CDC https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/index.html

(again, believe what you feel in your heart you can believe)

COVID testing has some of its own risks, or does it? You decide

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/testing.html

Then read this…

cdc-ethylene-oxide-may-have-more-health-effects-than-cancer

Do some Data tracking, I suggest to print it out, because it changes and updates and the results are interesting. 

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home

I say this because … www.christianitydaily.com so I did some work of my own...

The CDC tells us about the Spike Protein   https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/facts.html So I started researching that… https://undercurrents723949620.wordpress.com/2021/06/13/how-covid-vaccines-may-harm-your-health/  as interesting as this all is, there are even sites that tell how to counter the harm a vaccine can do, if it actually does do this, check those sites out as well. https://spikedetox.blogspot.com/2021/06/possible-ways-to-neutralize-covid-vaxx.html?m=1

Please, do your own research. I think it’s worth it. If you are feeling like you are completely right in your choice no matter what it is, go for it. I know many vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals and care for them all the same as before they made that choice. I just want you to decide for yourself, and research it especially if you are on the fence. If you feel what I have provided is not useful, you can find much, much more. I believe I have read thousands of articles by reputable medical professionals and scientists. I encourage you to do the same.

As a person that works to help others, I know you won’t really learn or own it until you are the one looking for it and finding it. 

I will pray for you and continue to pray as well as research for my family’s safety, health, and happiness. For those vaccinating I pray it is safe and healthy, for those not, I pray that you remain healthy and safe as well.